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Shallow Water Seismic Operations on the North West Shelf
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: T.J. Allen, D. Brown and J. Wardell
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The North West Shelf includes large areas with water depths less than 20 m, and which require specialised
shallow water seismic surveying procedures. A shallowwater crew operating in the area during late 1987-early
1988 collected approximately 4000 k...
Results of Exploration, Browse Basin, North West Shelf, Western Australia
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: I. Willis
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The Browse Basin lies entirely offshore, beneath the remote northwestern continental shelf of Australia. It
occupies an area of approximately 100,000 square kilometres, most of which lies in water depths exceeding 200 metres. The Browse Basin existed...
Environmental Management of the North West Shelf Gas Project
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: R.M. Nunn
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The North West Shelf Gas Development Project in Western Australia consists of two phases. The Domestic Gas Phase already produces natural gas, which is piped 1500 km to Perth. The Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Phase, still under construction, will ultimat...
Gas Fields of the Browse Basin
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: A.N. Bint
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The Browse Basin is located on the North West Shelf of Australia, between the offshore Canning Basin to the
southwest and the Bonaparte Basin to the northeast. Two large gas fields have been discovered in the central
part of the basin, Scott Reef and...
The Barrow and Exmouth Sub-basins
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: J.C. Parry and D.N. Smith
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
Australia's first flowing oil well (Rough Range 1) was discovered in the Exmouth Sub-basin. This well, which flowed 87 kilolitres of oil per day on a test in November 1953, was the discovery that set off the search for oil
in Australia which has cont...
Source Maturity, Overpressures and Production, North West Shelf, Australia
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: E.L. Horstman
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
Empirically, oil and gas production on the North West Shelf of Australia is related to the presence of
overpressured section. In turn overpressure can be related to hydrocarbon generation.
Comparison of the depth of the oil window and the top of the ...
Bonaparte Basin: Evolution and Structural Framework
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: P.J. Gunn
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The Bonaparte Basin of northwestern Australia commenced development as a Devonian rift which underwent a pivot-type opening about a pole at its southern end.
When extension ceased in the Mid Carboniferous the bounding faults at the northern end of th...
Environmental Impact Assessments of Three Offshore Oilfields, Western Australia
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: W. Carr
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
Environment impact assessments of petroleum exploration off the Western Australian coast is guided by the State Conservation Strategy and procedures designed to protect environmentally significant coastal areas. The process may involve staged non-pub...
Hydrocarbon Discoveries in the Bonaparte Basin
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: P.J. Gunn
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
Thirty three wells have been drilled in the Bonaparte Basin, and hydrocarbon indications have been found in formations ranging in age from Devonian to Jurassic. The most significant discoveries to date are the Petrel
and Tern gas fields, with late Pe...
The Petroleum Potential of the Peedamullah Shelf
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: E. Delfos and R. Dedman
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The incentive for additional exploration on the Peedamullah Shelf is provided by hydrocarbon shows in some stratigraphic holes in the area. The close proximity to producing and existing oil and gas accumulations, including Barrow Island, Harriet, Sou...
Heat Flow Regime and Implications for Oil Maturation and Migration in the Offshore Northern Carnarvon Basin
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: M.G. Swift, H.M.J. Stagg and D.A. Falvey
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The present day heat-flow distribution in the Exmouth Plateau region has now been compiled from 74 direct seabed measurements on the plateau and over the Kangaroo Syncline, and from bottom hole and seabed temperatures of23 offshore oil exploration we...
Regional Geology of the Offshore Bonaparte Basin
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: A.J. Mory
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The offshore portion of the Bonaparte Basin extends under the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf to Ashmore Reef to the northwest and Flinders Shoal to the north, and covers an approximately triangular area of about 250 000 km2.
The oldest sediments which can be ...
Behaviour of Petroleum in Northern Australian Waters
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: R.I. Kagi, S.J. Fisher and R. Alexander
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
Australian light crudes or ondensates released on the warm waters of northern Australia will be dispersed rapidly by spreading and evaporation. These processes also occur with No.2 fuel oil (diesel), but at a reduced
rate. Under favourable conditions...
The Geology of the Challis Oilfield – Timor Sea, Australia
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: G.B. Wormald
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The Challis oilfield, discovered in October 1984, is located within the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands Licence AC/L3 in the Vulcan Sub-basin. Following the Challis-1 discovery well, a reconnaissance 3D seismic survey was conducted over the ...
The Candace Terrace – A Geological Perspective
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: J. Bentley
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The Candace Terrace is part of a broad shelf area which flanks the Barrow-Dampier rift. The eastern boundary ofthe Candace Terrace is formed by the Sholl Island Fault, a major listric fault which developed during the Palaeozoic. The western limit occ...
Cainozoic Depositional History of the North West Shelf
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: M. Apthorpe
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The depositional history of the North West Shelf is interpreted from a compilation of the palaeontology and stratigraphy of approximately 80 petroleum exploration wells. The Cainozoic sequence consists of four major sedimentary units, or cycles, thre...
Palaeogeographic Evolution of the North West Shelf Region
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: M.T. Bradshaw, A.N. Yeates, R.M. Beynon, A.T. Brakel, R.P. Langford, J.M. Totterdell and M. Yeung
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The BMR/ APIRA Palaeogeographic Maps Projecthas produced environmental reconstructions of Australia for seventy time slices, from the Cambrian to the Recent. The comprehensive coverage allows the geological history of the North West Shelf to be viewe...
Holocene Sediments and Environments, Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: R.G. Brown
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
Exmouth Gulf is a shallow embayment of the North West Shelf in which Holocene sediment facies reflect
bioturbation, mangrove activities, storm events, a semiarid tropical climate, and a tectonically-elevated borderland. The sediments comprise part of...
Jabiru Oilfield
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: R.P. MacDaniel
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
Jabiru Field, discovered in 1983, was the first commercial oilfield found in the western Timor Sea area of the Bonaparte Basin. Production commenced in 1986....
The Exmouth Plateau Deep Water Frontier: A Case History
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: P.M. Barber
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
Despite the presence of extremely large rotated fault blocks and associated compaction drape closures, drilling of 11 wells on the Exmouth Plateau discovered only non-commercial dry gas accumulations, including the large Scarborough Gas Field. The de...
Petroleum Exploration Geochemistry: Application of Solid-state NMR Spectroscopy to the Characterization of Source Rocks from the North West Shelf
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: J.D. Saxby and D.E. Lambert
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
Cross-polarization magic-angle spinning 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) has several
desirable features for the characterization of kerogen in petroleum source rocks. The technique is nondestructive, uses small samples and can potent...
The North West Shelf, Australia – An Introduction
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: P.G. & R.R. Purcell
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The North West Shelf of Australia extends c2400 km along the northwest margin of the continent. It is a geographic province rather than a physiographic feature sensu stricto, and includes the continental shelf proper and the marginal platforms and pl...
Regional Geology of the Northern Carnarvon Basin
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: R.M. Hocking
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The Carnarvon Basin has two distinct parts: a southern, onshore, north-trending group of sub-basins which contain up to 7 km of predominantly Palaeozoic sediments, and a northern, largely offshore, northeasttrending
group of sub-basins which are up t...
Polycyclic Rifting – An Interpretation of Gravity and Magnetics in the North West Shelf
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: V. Anfiloff
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
Marine gravity surveys of the North West Shelf by the BMR between 1965 and 1968 provide a good indication of the tectonic framework. In most areas, gravity trends generally agree with seismic trends. In the Browse Basin, prominent linear gravity high...
Depositional Framework and Major Lithostragraphic Variations of the Barrow Group
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: S.C. Eriyagama, L.B. Collins and R.M. Hocking
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
Deposition of Barrow Group sediments took place in the rift-related Barrow Sub-basin during the Neocomian. The delta progradation was limited on the east by a series of down-to-the-basin normal faults with a NNE-SSW orientation. Fault-controlled basi...
The Use of Aromatic Hydrocarbons for Assessment of Thermal Histories of Sediments
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: R. Alexander, R.I. Kagi, E. Toh and W. van Bronswijk
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
Palaeogeothermal gradients have been inferred for three sedimentary sequences on the North West Shelf, by detailed examination of the relative concentrations of aromatic hydrocarbons in the sediments. The procedure used is based upon laboratory-measu...
Extensional Structures of the Jabiru Terrace, Vulcan Sub-basin
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: E.P. Woods
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
Sandbox models were constructed to investigate the development of faults in an extensional regime. The models generally displayed a crossing-fault geometry with a graben overlying a horst, and are similar to seismically-defined "hourglass" structures...
Seismic Atlas of the North West Shelf
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: M.F. Middleton
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
More than 300 000 km of seismic reflection surveying has been shot on the North West Shelf of Australia. A selection of these data, showing some features of structural and stratigraphic importance, are reviewed in this atlas. TheN orth West Shelf is ...
Morphotectonics of Australia’s Northwestern Margin – A Review
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: J.J. Veevers
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The North West Shelf is part of Australia's north-western continental margin. This margin evolved from a Mesozoic rifted-arch system that developed along the Gondwanaland/Tethyan margin, the successor to rifted-arch systems of Cambrian and Carbonifer...
Geochemistry of the Turtle Oil Accumulation, Offshore Southern Bonaparte Basin
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: P.J. Jefferies
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
Turtle 1 was drilled in 1984 in the offshore southern Bonaparte Basin. The well encountered numerous oil shows in sands of the Late Carboniferous to Early Permian Kulshill Group, but an extensive testing programme failed to produce hydrocarbons at co...